Rug fastener



Sept. 16, 1924.

R. J. LINDHORST RUG FASTENER Filed Avril 19. 1923 Patented Sept. i6,

RUDOLPH J'. LINDHORST, OF CLEVELAND, 13H10.

RUG FASTENER.

To @ZZ LU/'wm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH J. LiND- HORST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rug Fasteners, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to rug fasteners and has for its object to provide a simple and cheap device which can be applied to rugs at the corners thereof for the purpose of attaching the same to the floor, without the use of nails or tacks or metallic devices penetrating the floor. The device may be made of cloth or other suitable material, and is used in the manner indicated in the following description.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. l is a plan view of the device applied to a rug. Fig. 2 is a plan of the device, detached. Fig. 3 is a section on the line SH3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of 'Fig l.

The fastener comprises a triangular piece of cloth or other material. from the ends of which project a pair of arms or tabs 7 and 8. the former of which is somewhat wider than the latter and is provided with a slit S) through which the arm 8 may be passed. Both surfaces of the piece 6 are covered or coated with adhesive material l0, and similar mat-erial is also applied to the ends of the arms 7 and 8 as indicated at 1l and l2. The rug is indicated at 18.

In the use of the device, the triangular piece is stuck to the under side of the rug, at the corner of the latter. The arm 7 is then folded over on a diagonal line and is stuck at the part 1l under the edge of the rug, by bending said part over and inserting it under the rug. The narrow tongue 8 is also folded over on a diagonal line and inserted through the slit 9, and its end folded around under the part 6 andstuclr. thereto. This makes a corner piece secured to the bottom of the rug, and this corner piece can then be stuck to the floor at the desired place and by adhering' thereto will act to confine the corner of the rug, so that the corner will not curl; and by applying.

one of the fasteners to eachv corner of the rug, it will be held in place and will not slip on polished floors or the like. The tongues or arms which lap over the face of the rug canbe Colored to harmonize, so that it will not be conspicuous, the diagonal portion of the fastener being concealed under the cor@ ner of the rug.

I claim:

l. A rug fastener consisting of a piece of materialA having an adhesive on the under side thereof whereby it may be stuck to the floor, and also having means to engage and hold the corner of the rug.

2. A rug fastener comprising a piece of material having adhesive on both sides thereof. whereby it may be stuck to the under side of a rug and also stuck to a floor, the piece of material havingprojecting arms adapted to be folded over the corners of a rug and having means to retain the same in folded position.

3. A rug fastener comprising a triangular piece of material having adhesive on both sides thereof, and adapted to be stuck to the under side of a rug,l and arms projectingfrom oppositeedges of said piece and foldable over the corner of the rug.

In testimony whereof, I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RUDOLPH J. LINDHORST.

Vitnesses JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, Bassin F. PoLLAK. 

